18-01-2022, 08:30 PM
Where is the number you quote? On earlier (vintage) blocks, the engine number was stamped on the bottom lip of the valve chest. Intermediate blocks (1932 on?) carried no number but the late Ruby blocks (1937 on) had a platform in the casting above the water manifold, where the engine number was stamped. As has already been stated, engine number 98048 dated from October 1929, is this the number on your crankcase as well?
In all vintage engines, every major component carried the engine number. It makes spotting engines built from bits vs. those with all their original parts easy.
In all vintage engines, every major component carried the engine number. It makes spotting engines built from bits vs. those with all their original parts easy.